Aepco v. Ador

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying the framework for child preference from marriage dissolution and custody cases in discussion of statutory exception provision under Iowa Code section 232.116(3)(b)
• noting a child’s custody preferences cannot be ignored in dissolution cases and applying the framework for weighing those preferences to termination cases
• borrowing a framework from dissolution for considering a child’s preferences in termination proceedings, explaining “[p]references of minor children while not controlling are relevant and cannot be ignored” (cleaned up)
• noting preferences of minor children cannot be ignored but are not controlling
• considering these factors and others in examining preferences of minor children
• “The best interests of a child is not always what ‘the child wants.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).